List of figures
List of tables
Overview of the book
Introduction to the Second Edition
Section 1: Foundation of modern public health
The emergence of public health and the centrality of values
Data on populations and mortality
Understanding the burden of disease: using the available data
Inequalities in health
The impact of health care on population health
Assessing the impact on population health of policies in other
sectors
Section 2: Major determinants of health
The changing nature of infectious disease
Tobacco: still a global public health priority
Recognising contemporary determinants of public health: human
rights, armed conflict and genetics
Food, trade and health
Drains, dustbins and diseases
Sustainable development and climate change – the ‘new’ determinants
of health
Glossary
Index
Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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